The Great Gatsby is full of symbols which occur throughout the book in order for the reader to understand its major themes. Written in the 1920’s the book evaluates Jay Gatsby's vision of the American dream. One of the major themes of the book is the nature of the American dream and that if we become very wealthy and successful that we will automatically be happy and content with life. Some of the more prominent symbols that help us better understand this idea throughout the book are the mansions the eyes of T.J Eckleburg and the green light at the end of the Buchanans dock.
The green light is one of the symbols on the book that has multiple meanings and helps the reader to be more able to interpret many themes including gatsby's love for daisy which has blinded him to everything else which in the end would lead to his death. Nick first sees Gatsby with his arms …show more content…
In following his “American Dream” Gatsby moves to a mansion across the bay from Daisy, and has extravagant parties in order to gain an opportunity to impress her. Not all were impressed with Gatsby’s house, as owl eyes compares the mansion to a house of cards, complaining “that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.” The quote therefore was a perfect metaphor for Gatsby's life or his “American Dream” as one of his bricks in the form of Daisy had been removed, and his life collapses into a heap resulting in his inevitable death. As gatsby's house is a major reason for his death Nick refers to the mansion as “that huge incoherent failure of a house.” This is also reflected in a major theme that arose from this symbol, that Gatsby and many of the other characters are deceived into feeling that they will only achieve their “American dream” if they have wealthy and materialistic things such as grand
The green light is one of the symbols on the book that has multiple meanings and helps the reader to be more able to interpret many themes including gatsby's love for daisy which has blinded him to everything else which in the end would lead to his death. Nick first sees Gatsby with his arms …show more content…
In following his “American Dream” Gatsby moves to a mansion across the bay from Daisy, and has extravagant parties in order to gain an opportunity to impress her. Not all were impressed with Gatsby’s house, as owl eyes compares the mansion to a house of cards, complaining “that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.” The quote therefore was a perfect metaphor for Gatsby's life or his “American Dream” as one of his bricks in the form of Daisy had been removed, and his life collapses into a heap resulting in his inevitable death. As gatsby's house is a major reason for his death Nick refers to the mansion as “that huge incoherent failure of a house.” This is also reflected in a major theme that arose from this symbol, that Gatsby and many of the other characters are deceived into feeling that they will only achieve their “American dream” if they have wealthy and materialistic things such as grand